The Lighter Side of JzB

Here you will find photos, poetry, and possibly some light-hearted foolishness. For the Heavier Side
of JzB see my other blog, Retirement Blues. (There be dragons!)

I claim copyright and reserve all rights for my original material of every type and genre.

Every day visits*
From Moose, Goose, and Orb Weaver
All seized by Haiku

"Why moose and goose?" you may ask. Back on 2/04/13 Pirate wrote a haiku with an elk in it, and I responded with
one with a moose and then included him every day. A few days later in comments Mystic asked "Where's the goose?"
So I started including her with this post on 2/07. A week later on the 14th, Mark Readfern
asked for and received a spider. The rest is history.

*Well, most days, anyway. Grant me a bit of poetic license.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Shadow Shot Sunday - PIRATES!

PIRATES!

Avast, me Hearties!

Now appear -- in Chicago,

At the Navy Pier.

Six Word Saturday

Great Concert Last night - All French

Update:

Just to be clear -- I played!

Here is part of the program.

Cortège de Bacchus from "Sylvia" by Leo Delibes

And here is another fun part.

Saint-Saëns - Samson and Delilah 'Danse Bacchanale'

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Sensational Haiku Wednesday - Addiction

ADDICTION

Can't do without her.

Might as well admit it: I'm

Addicted to love.

A deep craving from

Within - what is that thing that

You can't do without?

III

Minor seventh chords,

Tritones, altered fifths and ninths:

Addicted to JAZZ

Monday, May 9, 2011

Mellow Yellow Monday

Senior Citizens Crossing -- I've found my spot.

Corner of S. Plymouth Ct. and W. Polk in Chicago

Near the Jazz Showcase

On the road of life

There are many crossings. Be

Sure to find your own.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Sensational Haiku Wednesday - Fog

FOG

Early morning mist

Rises from the meadow to

Be chased by the sun

Friday, April 29, 2011

In Case Anyone Cares

Blogging will take a back seat for a while. Just too much going on between now and the middle of May. All good stuff - but YIKES - I'm on overload. Nobody said retirement would be like this.

Perhaps you can track me down.

And perhaps the world will go sane, while I'm otherwise occupied, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

I might be in and out, but out is far more likely, for the nonce.

Cheers!
JzB

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Haiku Wednesday - Free Form

Anything goes, so:

SONGS of the DYING EARTH

Seven Thousand Years

From Flood to Final Curtain
But wait -- Entropy?

Doom on 5-2-1
Words of mad man or prophet?
5-2-2 we'll know

III
What vengeful God placed
Us in this sad vale of tears
As prelude to Hell ?

IV

"The chosen" escape
Five months of chaos: the Spring
Of our discontent

(For explanation click
The underlined words above.
They are active links.)

Blogger editor has screwed me up royally. I lost my first shot at this, spacing is a mess, I can't get 5-2-2 to be underlined, and I have no time to try to fix any of it.

Grrrr!

Update: Hours later, I was able to fix the spacing, but 5-2-2 still remains un-underlined, despite all my feeble efforts, and, alas, one of my haiku vanished into the ether and is now forever lost. Boo-hoo.